Summer courses at community college?

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>Hello, I am currently a sophomore in high school and I really, really want to take an AP science class junior year, but, basically, I'm not in math honors so I am taking geometry right now and the majority of my grade is taking trig/algebra 2. Not only that, I was in bio honors in freshman year, but because I am not in math honors, they dropped me to a REGULAR earth science class which I absolutely hate because of how its gonna look on my transcript. So I am one step behind the majority of my grade. </p>

<p>I wanna take a high school trig/algebra 2 and chemistry (not honors) summer course at a community college so I can get into APs junior year. I know its gonna be tough to learn the whole curriculum in 1-2 months, but I am willing to work hard. I have to take the regents for both of these, I was thinking that I could take it in August with the people who failed the first time. </p>

<p>Here are the courses near the community college near me (I'm not sure if they are high school courses though:
<a href="http://www.ncc.edu/admissions/registrar/pdfs/Summer2014CourseOfferings.pdf"&gt;http://www.ncc.edu/admissions/registrar/pdfs/Summer2014CourseOfferings.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I am also not sure what is meant by "off-site high school courses":
<a href="http://www.ncc.edu/admissions/registrar/pdfs/Summer2014CourseOfferings.pdf"&gt;http://www.ncc.edu/admissions/registrar/pdfs/Summer2014CourseOfferings.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Is this a good idea?
Thank you. </p>

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<p>Yes, it’s absolutely a good idea! I took Psychology at my CC last summer (although I simply took it for fun), and it wasn’t even that hard. In addition, you’ll earn transferable credits–you’ll have one year of college-level chemistry done (indeed, you won’t even have to take the AP; it’s an AP Chem equivalent). </p>

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<p>However, check with your school if it accepts transfer credits. Mine doesn’t, but many schools do.</p>

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<p>@topaz1116 Ah thank you! However, I’m not looking to take a college-level chemistry course, I’m looking to take just a regular high school chemistry course…if that even exists, haha. </p>

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<p>It does not exists. Do not take chemistry over the summer. It is very difficult to learn in 8 weeks. You can take math and another easy class like Psychology.</p>

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<p>You could also take an online course called Thinkwell, which has all the math courses you could want including Algebra II. It’s taught by a former Williams College math professor who is excellent (and mildly entertaining as a bonus). This might be both cheaper and easier (since it’s self-paced), if all you need to do is pass the regents exam to get credit.</p>